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American Superpower

Keeping Up America's Reputation in the World

Deepak Chopra | Posted 04.15.2013 | Politics
Read More: American Decency, American Superpower, American Opportunity, Innovation, American Self-Image, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

It's hard to be the good guys when you are also the world's biggest arms dealer and spend more money on defense than the next 15 nations combined. But I think there's a deeper ambivalence about decency in this country.

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The Paranoia of the Superrich and Superpowerful

Noam Chomsky | Posted 04.06.2013 | Politics
Read More: American Superpower, Iraq War, American Power, International Law, United States Foreign Policy, Arab Spring, American Foreign Policy, Matt Yglesias, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Noam Chomsky

If you believe you should have everything and anything gets away from you, it's a tragedy, the world is collapsing. So is America over?

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Back in the Fold

Will Durst | Posted 09.21.2011 | Comedy
Read More: Rupert Murdoch, England, Australia, Canada, Ireland, David Cameron, American Superpower, Deficit, Debt Ceiling, Comedy News
Will Durst

This country could still slip into default, leading to the worst possible scenario imaginable -- we have to move back in with England. You think it's embarrassing slinking home after graduating college, try waiting 235 years.

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Joshua Cooper Ramo: Surprise! Global Financial Crisis Could Turn China Into A Superpower

Diane Tucker | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: Obama Cabinet, China Tibet Crackdown, China Products, World Economy, Henry Kissinger, Time Magazine, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, President Obama, 9/11, Banking Crisis, University of Michigan, Bill Browder, Richard Nisbett, Diane Tucker, Hermitage Fund, China Economy, China Human Rights, Joshua Cooper Ramo, Global Financial Crisis, China, The Atlantic, Age of the Unthinkable, Chinese Financial Crisis, American Superpower, Superpower, Investment Banks, Leveraged Buyout, Subprime Mortgage Market, Stock Market, Free Market, New York/New York, Books, World News
Diane Tucker

The Chinese banking system has been through so much stress during the last few decades, they are in a much better position than the U.S. to deal with the global financial crisis, says Joshua Cooper Ramo.

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Can We Stop Being a Superpower, Please?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: American Superpower, Militarism, Superpowers, US Russia Relations, Military Industrial Complex, Cold War, Politics News
Deepak Chopra

A group of misguided neocon gunslingers led the U.S. to a catastrophe. Have we come to the point where disillusionment will lead us where we need to go: the end of playing the superpower role?

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